Cannington gears up for dual shutdown project

South32 Cannington Mine will conduct a planned underground and surface shutdown over the next fortnight, to allow for the maintenance and remediation of its assets.

More than 300 workers will descend on the site from a
range of contractors including Dawsons, Jaysel, Veolia, NEM and the Freo Group.

The upcoming surface shutdown will be the second of
three scheduled shutdowns for surface operations at Cannington this year,
whilst the underground shut is the first of two breaks in the mine production
schedule.

The silver-lead operation’s first surface close this
year took place during February, in the middle of the weather event that caused
devastation throughout North Queensland.

The scope of work during this shutdown includes general
pump servicing, general hydraulic servicing, installation, maintenance and
replacement of mining assets.

The underground shutdown is scheduled for May 23 – May
29 and the surface shutdown is from June 1 – June 6.